Several skiers are missing after an avalanche near Truckee as a major winter storm brings heavy snow, high winds and dangerous travel to Tahoe.

Parts of the Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast are expecting winter storm impacts to begin as soon as Tuesday night.

Forecasters stress it is far too early to determine if our region will get hit with snow, rain, mixed precipitation or even nothing at all.

"Travel impacts are expected to be severe."

At 12:03 p.m. on Tuesday, the National Weather Service released an updated winter storm warning in effect until Thursday at 10 a.m. for Jackson County.

Strong winds combined with the wet weather could create dangerous conditions for outdoor recreation, according to the NWS.

Snow fell at a rate up to 4 inches per hour as meteorologists warned people to expect up to 8 feet over the next few days.

Rain, thunderstorms, heavy snow, freezing rain and ice. They’re all on Mother Nature’s menu starting tonight as a big storm system moves in and overspreads Michigan into Wednesday. This is forecast to be a “split storm” with the northern part of the state getting snow and ice,

Winter storm warnings and winter weather advisories have been expanded out to Utah's valleys, in a rare move this winter. It could create a messy Wednesday commute.

Schools have started to announce cancellations and e-learning days ahead of a major winter storm that could drop upwards of 2 feet of snow on parts of northern Minnesota.

On Tuesday at 2:28 p.m. EST an updated winter storm warning was issued by the National Weather Service valid for Wednesday between 1 a.m. EST and 10 p.m. EST for Emmet, Cheboygan, Presque Isle, Montmorency and Alpena counties.